Everquest 2 Leveling Guide : 53 – 57 The Sinking Sands

At around level 52 you will finish up in Lavastorm and you can move on to the Desert of Flames zones. In particular Sinking Sands, though heading to Pillars of Flame and doing some quests can reward you with some good XP. Stay in Sinking sands until around 57. Start by doing the quests where you zone in with the carpet then work your way around the zone. If you reach a level 57 before you completed all the quests you should turn the AA slider to 100% before completing the rest of the quests

The map below shows the different quest givers and in approximately what order they should be done:

Below is a list of the quests you should do while in Sinking Sands:

Port of Tears (A)

Kallon Ebbtide

Kallon’s Vengeance (44)

Ghassan the Trader

Hides for Ghassan (46)

Spice Delivery (46)

Venomous Venture (46)

Questionable Merchandise (47)

A Delicate Matter (46)

Another Employer (45)

Scorpion Scrounging (51)

Northern Croc Hunter Camp (B)

Chef Numair

Numair

Cooking Crocodiles (48)

Diggers for Dinner (47)

A Terrible Crime (47)

Scarabs and Spiders (47)

Fahad Nuhayd

Stopping the Flow (47)

Southern Croc Hunter Camp (C)

Aliyyah the Embalmer

Unravelling the Mummies (47)

Grisly Gathering (49)

More Mummies? (49)

Osseous Investigations (49)

Undead Investigations (50)

Sul’Dal Studies (52)

Sandslide Passage (D)

Xilla Beetlebinder

Beetle Herding – Act I (47)

Beetle Herding – Act II

Beetle Herding – Act III

Beetle Herding – Act IV

Beetle Herding – Act V

Beetle Herding – Act VI

Beetle Herding – Act VII

Beetle Herding – Final Act

Orc Highway (E)

Rashad

The Search Begins (48)

The Lonely Crypt (50)

The Final Piece (52)

Camp D’Sas (F)

Mender Mending (52)

Sand Thing Special (52)

Noxious Roundup (54)

Once you are around level 57 and have completed all the quests here you can move on to The Tenebrous Tangle.